section 675 of this titleWhen such areas have been designated as provided for in , hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing of game animals and birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said areas shall be unlawful, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is the purpose of this section to protect from trespass the public lands of the United States and the game animals and birds which may be thereon, and not to interfere with the operation of the local game laws as affecting private or State lands.
June 5, 1920, ch. 24741 Stat. 986June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1162 Stat. 860(, §§ 2, 3, ; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
First sentence of section is from section 2 and the last from section 3 of act .
Amendments
section 41 of Title 181948—Act , struck out penal provisions. See , Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Section 20 of act , provided that the amendment made by that act is effective .